List of the best J. Walter Ruben movies: Old Hutch(1936), Java Head(1934), Public Hero No. 1(1935), Trouble for Two(1936), The Phantom of Crestwood(1932), The Bad Man of Brimstone(1937), Ace of Aces(1933), Riffraff(1935), Man of Two Worlds(1934), The Good Old Soak(1937), No Other Woman(1933), Where Sinners Meet(1934) ... ...
Comedy, Drama
USA
1936
80 Minutes
Director
Old Hutch, a penniless ne'er-do-well who has not worked a single day since he married his wife twenty years ago, has a brood of children to support, but would rather while away the hours ... See full summary »
Romance
UK
1934
70 Minutes
Director
The port city of Bristol, England, in the 1800s is home to Java Head, a sailing ship line company. The owner has two sons. One, a handsome seafarer, is in love with a local girl, but cannot... See full summary »
Crime, Drama
USA
1935
90 Minutes
Director
Lionel Barrymore Jean Arthur Chester Morris Paul Kelly Lewis Stone Joseph Calleia Sam Baker Paul Hurst John Kelly Selmer Jackson Larry Wheat
kingpin fbi agent doctor gangster inmate sister suspenseful thrilling patriotic melodramatic prison highway movie theater bus train station undercover operations gang war jailbreak journey manhunt
A G-man goes undercover to infiltrate a gang, helping the group's leader escape from prison to gain his trust.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1936
75 Minutes
Director
Robert Montgomery Rosalind Russell Frank Morgan Reginald Owen Louis Hayward David Holt Virginia Weidler E.E. Clive Walter Kingsford Ivan F. Simpson Tom Moore
prince princess colonel mysterious woman fiancé wealthy man eerie tense london boat zoo scams suicide political intrigue arranged marriage secret society journey discovery mystery rivalry
The Crown Prince is to marry the Princess Brenda of Irania, but the Princess declines the arranged marriage. Relieved, Florizel heads for London, with the Colonel, where he seeks adventure ... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1932
77 Minutes
Director
Ricardo Cortez Karen Morley H.B. Warner Anita Louise Pauline Frederick Sam Hardy Skeets Gallagher Tom Douglas
banker gold digger sister ex-lover aunt thief intricate fascinating creepy gripping los angeles seaside mansion murder blackmail investigation suspicion family honor mystery revenge
Jenny Wren coerces banker Priam Andes to have a dinner party at his shorefront estate Crestwood, and instructs him to invite three other men, each of whom she plans to extort money from. ... See full summary »
Western
USA
1937
89 Minutes
Director
Wallace Beery Virginia Bruce Dennis O'Keefe Joseph Calleia Lewis Stone Guy Kibbee Bruce Cabot Cliff Edwards
An outlaw re-unites with his long-lost son, steers him away from a boxing career and sends him to law school. When his son returns, a lot has changed.
War
USA
1933
76 Minutes
Director
Richard Dix Elizabeth Allan Ralph Bellamy Theodore Newton Frank Conroy William Cagney Claude Stroud
A sculptor who doesn't want to have any part of World War I is shamed by his girlfriend into joining the army. He becomes a fighter pilot, and undergoes a complete personality change.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1935
89 Minutes
Director
Jean Harlow Spencer Tracy Una Merkel Joseph Calleia Mickey Rooney Victor Kilian J. Farrell MacDonald Roger Imhof Juanita Quigley Paul Hurst Vince Barnett
fisherman factory worker night watchman union boss sister wife melodramatic fiery bleak coast factory california prison small town house worker's rights marriage thievery pregnancy poverty
Fisherman Dutch marries cannery worker Hattie. He quits his poorly paid job to concentrate on getting better working conditions as union leader. Unfortunately, the union members disagree ... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1934
97 Minutes
Director
Francis Lederer Elissa Landi Henry Stephenson J. Farrell MacDonald Walter Byron Forrester Harvey Ivan F. Simpson Lumsden Hare Christian Rub Emile Chautard Steffi Duna
A British explorer brings an Eskimo hunter to London, where he misreads a woman.
Drama
USA
1937
67 Minutes
Director
A small town drunk beats a teetotal banker guilty of a shady transaction.
Drama
USA
1933
59 Minutes
Director
Irene Dunne Charles Bickford Gwili Andre J. Carrol Naish Eric Linden Buster Miles Leila Bennett Christian Rub Hilda Vaughn Brooks Benedict Joseph Bernard
factory worker wife boarder mistress lawyer son melodramatic emotional engaging steel mill pennsylvania boardinghouse jail courtroom business marriage infidelity divorce rags to riches trial
A steelworker and his aspiring wife make millions when they become partners in a dyeworks. Unfortunately, success does not bring happiness.
Comedy
USA
1934
73 Minutes
Director
Diana Wynyard Clive Brook Billie Burke Reginald Owen Alan Mowbray Gilbert Emery Phyllis Barry Walter Armitage Robert Adair Vernon Steele Katherine Williams
Leonard and Anne are taking the lovers road to Dover where they will board the boat and go to Paris. But the car breaks down and Saunders takes them to a nearby hotel. When they get there, ... See full summary »
Drama
1933
72 Minutes
Director
Drama
1933
72 Minutes
Director
Comedy, Drama
1933
83 Minutes
Director
Richard Dix Wera Engels Edna May Oliver Florence Eldridge Walter Walker David Durand Bruce Line James Bush Bruce Cabot Betty Furness Dorothy Gray
An amorous Irish motorman (Richard Dix) inherits a palm reader's (Edna May Oliver) business in Atlantic City.